Katrina Live Thread, Part XIV

Various ^ | 2 September 2005 | Various

[NautiNurse]

President Bush continues to assess the catastrophic damage by air and on the ground in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Bush spent the day meeting with search and rescue personnel, relief commanders, and displaced residents in Mobile, Biloxi, and the New Orleans area. U.S. Congress passed a $10.5 billion relief package for the hurricane ravaged areas. First Lady Laura Bush issued a press statement from an evacuation shelter in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Patient and staff evacuations continue from numerous New Orleans Hospitals. Thousands of patients are being airlifted to a field hospital at Louis Armstrong New Orleans Airport for triage, staging, and transport to hospitals throughout the United States.

The U.S. Coast Guard and civilian volunteers continue to evacuate thousands of survivors from their flooded homes in New Orleans. The Army Corps of Engineers continues work to repair the damaged levees.

The nation's airlines today began an operation intended to fly up to 25,000 refugees out of New Orleans. The airlines are volunteering their aircraft and crews for the program. Long convoys loaded with relief supplies arrived throughout the day into New Orleans, while convoys of buses are moving survivors out of the city.

Several large fires are burning in the city and greater New Orleans area. Reports indicate snipers are holding down firefighters. Reports of shots fired with LEO down in the St. Bernard Parish area. Rescue operations are underway. A bus carrying NOLA evauees rolled over in Opelousa, LA.

Links to various news, local and state government websites:

WLOX TV Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagula has link to locate family and friends
2theAdvocate - Baton Rouge Includes Slidell, St. John Parish, St. Bernard Parish updates, and other locations.
NOLA.com
Inside Houma Today includes shelter and volunteer updates
WLBT.com Jackson MS
WALA Channel 4 Mobile, AL Includes links to distribution centers, Emergency Ops, etc.
Sun-Herald Gulfport MS Includes link to town by town reports
Gulfport News via Topix.net
WAFB Baton Rouge
Mobile Register via al.com
Mississippi updates via Jackson Ledger
Lafayette LA Daily Advertiser
Pensacola News Journal
St Bernard Local Government
Alabama Homeland Security Volunteers can sign up online
Alabama DOT
Alabama.gov
Louisiana Homeland Security
Louisiana State Police road closure info
State of Mississippi Website has traffic alerts, emergency contact numbers

Streaming Video:

New Orleans Emergency Operations Center - is now open:
504-463-1000
504-463-1001
504-463-1002

WWL-TV New Orleans (via WFAA Dallas) - WWL-TV is operating from studios at Louisiana Public Broadcasting. CBS has a relay during the morning and afternoon. When available, use the CBS relay first as they have greater streaming capacity. Yahoo has also provided a relay.

WDSU-TV New Orleans - The news staff has started to return to temporary news studios near New Orleans. However, expect evening coverage from Hearst-Argyle sister stations WAPT Jackson and WESH Orlando when the New Orleans staff needs to take a break.

WGNO-TV New Orleans - New Orleans' ABC affiliate has returned to the air with WBRZ-TV and launched video streaming with continuous Katrina coverage.

WPMI-TV Mobile, AL - WPMI is webcasting from 5:30am - 10:30pm CDT. When off air, you can view pre-recorded reports on demand. This feed is often unreliable.

WKRG-TV Mobile, AL - This station is providing good coverage of the situation to the east in Mississippi and Alabama. However, the station is now signing off at around 10:30pm CDT like WWL and WPMI.

WJTV-TV Jackson, MS - The CBS affiliate in Jackson is providing live coverage for both the Jackson area and south Mississippi (knowing a lot of media in that area is off the air).

United Radio From New Orleans: WWL-AM, WNOE-FM, "KISS-FM," WRNO-FM, WYLD-FM, and WJBO-AM who have joined forces as United Radio From New Orleans, and they are streaming.

Related FR Threads:

FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread FReeper Check In thread
Discussion Thread - Hurricane Katrina - What Went Wrong?!?
Post Hurricane Katrina IMAGES Here
Looting Begins In New Orleans
Hurricane Katrina HOUSING Thread
Martial Law Declared in New Orleans

Due to the number of requests to assist, the following list of some charities is provided.
This is not intended as an endorsement for any of the charities.

www.redcross.org or 1-800 HELP NOW - note: website is slow, and lines are busy
Salvation Army - 1-800-SAL-ARMY or Salvation Army currently looking for in-state volunteers - (888)363-2769
Operation Blessing: (800) 436-6348.
America's Second Harvest: (800) 344-8070.
Catholic Charities USA: (800) 919-9338, or www.catholiccharitiesusa.org.
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee: (800) 848-5818.
Church World Service: (800) 297-1516 or online at www.churchworldservice. org.
Lutheran Disaster Response: (800) 638-3522.
Nazarene Disaster Response: (888) 256-5886.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: (800) 872-3283.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is accepting donations at its 3,800 stores and Web site, www.walmart.com.
National Black Home Educators Resource Association http://www.nbhera.org/ Southern Baptist: NAMB - http://www.namb.net/
Samaritan's Purse - http://www.samaritanspurse.org/

Previous Threads:
Katrina Live Thread, Part XIII
Katrina Live Thread, Party XII
Katrina Live Thread, Part XI
Katrina Live Thread, Part X
Katrina Live Thread, Part IX
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VIII
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VII
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VI
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part V
Hurricane Katrina, Live Thread, Part IV
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part III
Katrina Live Thread, Part II
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm 12

[BurbankKarl]

E! Online - Fri Sep 2, 6:21 PM ET Hurricane Katrina may have blown the chances of numerous aspiring American Idol contestants.

I can't believe someone issued a press release like this!

[Ellesu]

http://www.lsureveille.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/09/02/4318ad466e5b1

police deny rumors

[don-o]

Thanks, steve. See y'all later

[shadeaud]

Soon they ( the snipers) will be called PEACE KEEPERs or Minutemen by these idiots on MSNBC & CNN. I say let the military become judge jury and executioner for these mutts. Wack em and hang their worthless corpses on a bridge.

[bvw]

WABC radio -- One dead, a few injuried on that overturned bus.

[nicmarlo]

I wouldn't have known either....but I read it earlier on a thread...can't remember which FReeper said what it meant...that mayor is scum.

[ozzysmom]

I just screamed about the same thing to my husband just now...lol He wanted to know why can't helicopters drop buckets of water over the fires? I told him I DON'T KNOW--WHY DON'T YOU GO ASK YOUR MAMA WHO VOTED FOR BLANCO????? He went outside...can you believe that???? lol Oops here he comes again...this time I gave him the correct answer "it's Bush's fault"...and told him that's my answer from now on...lol hmmmm he was not amused...lol

[steveegg]

I'm back out again for a while as well.

[nicmarlo]

lol!

[easonc52]

The snipers are the bad guys. The snipers are what is keeping the firefighters trapped.

No mercy. No capture, trial and incarceration. Summary execution for the perps.

Hellfires come to mind. Rebuild later.

[Soul Seeker]

They are putting politics ahead of lives. They are pure slime.

[No Blue States]

I hope they slaughter those thugs in a very painful way.

4,000 evacs coming to Fort Worth and will be enrolled in the schools here.

Many buses at Dallas conventions center. 10 plus.

[Tensgrrl]

Are the engineers still dropping slings of sand into the breeched levy?

[BurbankKarl]

Troops from the New Hampshire Army and Air National Guard task force get ready to leave for New Orleans from Newington, N.H., Friday, Sept. 2, 2005. About 75 troops, many of whom just returned from deployment overseas are headed to help security in the city in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

I think N.O. will be locked down pretty soon....then they can round up the looters found with the loot!

[AnAmericanMother]

Surely there's a counter-insurgency team available that can pussyfoot around and just shoot those snipers dead.

I doubt the goblins are truly trained snipers . . . i.e. concealment & evasion. Military ought to be able to remove the threat in a summary and effective manner.

[wolficatZ]

Shoutcast streaming audio SCANNER list

http://www.shoutcast.com/directory/?s=scanner&numresult=25

[slapshot]

When did any of the Denizens of NO we have seen on TV done anything but soak up taxe money???

Lesson: Do not depend on the Government to help you in times of need, and the veneer of civilization is very thin in places. Prepare for the worst.

[BurbankKarl]

convoy of the Nebraska Army Guard leaves their Omaha, Neb., base Friday, Sept. 2. 2005, on its way to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

[Ellesu]

http://www.lsureveille.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/09/02/4318ad466e5b1#animal

animal shelter

[tomkat]

FoxNews crawler at 1824hrs 02Sep05:

Power outages can cause frozen food to thaw and spoil

foflmao